Train-pipe hanger.



' //A 5 W J72 J. D. GALLAHAN.

, TRAIN PIPE HANGER. Arrmculonrnnn DBO.11,1913,

Patented Ju e' 2, 1914. Y

'neetions.

UNITED srar ls A rENT OFFICE.-

JACOB D. CALLAHAN, OF JERSEY SHORE, PENNSYLVANIA.

tain new and useful lniprovements in Train Iipe Hangers; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable o1 hers skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had totheaccompanying drawings, and to the letters-and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates tonew and useful improvements in devices forsupporting train pipes and comprises a simple and cilicientdevice ofthis nature, consisting of a hanger made up of two parts, one of whichis adapted to he fastened to the frame of a car and the sections havinginterlocking con- The inmrtil'in comprisesvarious details ofconstruction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will "behereinafter full described, shown in the accom )an 'in i D drawings andthen specifically defined in the appended claim.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figurcl ,is a side elevation of the hanger made in accordance with myinvention. Fi 2 is a sectional view through the inter loe ed ends of thehanger sections. Fig. 3 is an end View and Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of one end of one of the hanger sections. y 7 7Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter. Adesignates a hanger section, oneend A of which is adapted to be fastenedto the under surface of a car in any suitable manner and a laterallyprojectin portion B of the hanger has a hearing C, or the pipe and hasan up- .wa-rdly extendirllgend portion 1) which is apertnred as at theupper marginal edge E of the aperture being convexed.

F designates a. part of the pipe supporting Specification of LettersPatent. Application m December 11, 1913. Serial No. 806,056.

TRAIN- PIPE HANGER.

Patented June 2, 1914 and holdin device, having a removed hearing recessFcoiiperating with the concaved bearing surface C to surround andfrictionally engage the pipe and has a tongue ll concaved as at H,adapted to conform to the convexed surface E formed at the end wall ofthe aperture D which is engaged thereby when the parts are adjustedtogether in the manner shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

The hanger sections Amid. F have regisbosses N and the boss in thesectioir F recessed away as at Q to receive the head'R of the bolt Rwhich passes through said registering apertures and is adapted to beengaged by a nut T on the threaded end of the bolt, thus forming meanscooperating with the interlocking ends for holding the two sectionstogether. 7 i a What I claim to be new is p A hanger for supportingtrain pipes comprisinga bracket arm adapted to be attached to the undersurface of a car and having a laterally extending arm terminating at oneend in in cylindrical crosspiece with a slot leading through saidlaterally projecting portion adjacent to the. crosspiece, said.

iracketarm having a recess upon its upper edge adjacent to its free endand a vertically disposed aperture, a plate having an apertureregistering with the aperture in said '60 tering apertures K formed inthe integral bracket arm and provided with a recess about the aperture,a bolt passing through said registering apertures and having a headseated in said recess, the under edge of said plate having a groove inregistration with the recess in ,the upper edge of said bracket arm, anda contracted curved finger extend- 'ing through the slot in the bracketarm and having a concaved surface engaging the convexed surface ofsaiderosspieee, as set forth. In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my"signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB D. CALLAHAN.

Geo. Hermann.

